YEREVAN, April 2. /Mediamax/. The triple co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group has been quite effective, despite the apprehensions, the U.S. Senior State Department Official said at a special briefing in Washington.

YEREVAN, April 2. /Mediamax/. The U.S. Senior State Department Official said that the USA had many interests in the region of the Karabakh conflict.

YEREVAN, April 2. /Mediamax/. In case if a progress is achieved during the negotiations of Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents in Florida, the Minsk Group co-chairs are ready to start new consultations with international financial institutions on setting of a special mission on economic rehabilitation of the region.

YEREVAN, April 2. /Mediamax/. The Minsk Group co-chairs have always said that it's important that authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh and the population of Nagorno- Karabakh be, at the proper point, involved in this process.

YEREVAN, April 2. /Mediamax/. A U.S. Senior State Department Official says: "What we're working on very much is the overall resolution of the Karabakh problem".

YEREVAN, April 2. /Mediamax/. The meeting in the Key West will be very different from what's been happening when two presidents met alone or two presidents simply met together with French President Chirac.

YEREVAN, April 2. /Mediamax/. On the basis of negotiations in Florida the Minsk group co-chairs may make new proposals on regulation of Karabakh conflict.

YEREVAN, April 2. /Mediamax/. President of Armenia Robert Kocharian signed on March 31 the decree of awarding orders and medals to a large group of representatives of creative intelligentsia, Mediamax was informed today in the presidential press office.

YEREVAN, April 2. /Mediamax/. Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee issued a Proclamation recognizing April 24, 2001 as a Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.

YEREVAN, April 2. /Mediamax/. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Ismail Cem said that his proposal of meeting of Turkish, Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers is still valid.